Week of 12/21

Dear Parents,

How is Christmas this week!? I'm so proud of the kids and how hard they have worked so far this year! Before we get to the happenings of this week I would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! I hope you take some time to relax and enjoy all of the blessings in your life, even if the holidays look a little different this year! Please know that all of us here at SKS are so thankful for you and for your support. 

Here are the reminders for this week and for when we come back after break:

- If you haven't returned your report card envelope please send it in tomorrow!

- Tomorrow is a FREE dress down day! Kids can wear Christmas attire or their pajamas to school. Please no slippers :)

- Don't forget Virtual School for Monday 1/4 and Tuesday 1/5 when we return from break.

- The Board of Limited Jurisdiction has given every student a special SKS Blue Ribbon School shirt! I sent them home today in your child's school bag. If your child is virtual, I can give it to them when they return after break or let me know if you would like to pick it up today or tomorrow.

- ALL WORKBOOKS AND COPYBOOKS (with the exception of "R copybook") CAN STAY HOME UNTIL WE RETURN AFTER BREAK!

- There were 2 packets sent home last week:
        1. Packet 1 - marked with "Monday 1" is for the Virtual Days on 1/4 and 1/5. Please keep these in a safe spot!
        2. Packet 2 - marked "OPTIONAL Christmas Break Packet" - this is 100% optional! It will not be graded, nor does it need to be turned in. It is a packet reviewing the skills we have learned in phonics and math thus far this year. If your child would like to work on it over break they may do so. Most papers they will be able to complete by themselves. Again, this is completely optional!

*All packets can be found under the virtual tab if they get misplaced!

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

Miss Tosti

Week of 12/14

First snow of the winter!

Dear Parents,

I hope you got a chance to watch the Virtual Christmas Concert. The kids did a great job! Here are your reminders for the week:

- We will start a new story this week and the long vowel e. 

- We will have math test on Wednesday on place value.

- Report cards will be sent home today. Please remember that these grades are a reflection of your child's work in school along with their test scores. Please read the letter in the envelope from Mr. Tosti explaining report cards. You may keep the actual report card at home. Please sign and return the envelope.

- There is no school on Friday, but there will be asynchronous assignments sent out Thursday night. They will be on Seesaw and IXL like they were last time. Mr. Burman will also send you an optional music assignment too!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

We practiced building numbers with our place value blocks this week!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Many Followers". We will learn about how Jesus traveled all over to get followers and that he taught them how to pray. We will also learn what are praying for when we pray the Lord's Prayer.

Reading
Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch
Grammar: Statements and Commands
Sight Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, rich, cheer, beach, three, teach

Math

We will continue have a test on place value on matching place value blocks to the number they represent, identifying digits in the tens and ones place, and finding the value of digits.

Week of 12/7

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend! I thought virtual school went pretty smoothly on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Thanks again for your help and patience with it!  If you have any feedback about how the virtual days went, how the schedule was etc, feel free to share! Here are your reminders for the short week:

- If your child is ever virtual you can find the times to log on, the worksheets for the week and other helpful info on the blog under the Virtual Information tab!

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday. The spelling words are more difficult with the long vowel patterns so please be sure to study! For the reading test, I will only be reading the comprehension questions. The kids will have to read the choices and pick their answer.

- Virtual Monthly Mass on Friday at 9:00! Virtual kids do not need to sign on until 10:35 this day.

- Report cards will be given out next week.

- Please be sure that your child is reviewing sight words and is reading, especially during the days off and over break! They can lose these important skills just as fast as they learn them! This should be their "homework" along with math facts every night. Kids A-Z and IXL are both great for practice at home. Please use them!

- I sent home a packet of "Sight Word Phrases" with each child today to practice at home. This will help with sight word recognition and fluency! Work on one page at a time. Once your child can read the phrase without pausing or having to sound out words, check it off! Once they can read all the phrases on the first page with pausing/sounding out, move on to the next page.

- I am planning on starting homework when we return from Christmas Break.

- Hopefully you read Mr. Tosti's blog that was sent out earlier in the week! We will be having Virtual School on Monday, January 4th and Tuesday, January 5th when we return from Christmas break.

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will continue to talk about the Advent season and the meaning of Christmas!

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Fact and Opinion
Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay, introduce -ai) digraph th
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where
Spelling Words: that, then, with, cape, name, make, say, pray

Math

We will begin our unit of Place Value. We will focus on identifying the value of digits and building numbers with place value blocks.

Week of 11/30

Dear Parents!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a nice break. Our first virtual day went smoothly! Thank you for having them on time and prepared. I was really impressed with all of them. I know it is not easy for them to sit and listen for that long, but we completed everything I had planned and they were GREAT!

Here are the reminders for this week:

- Virtual school Monday and Tuesday of this week.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please sign and return on Thursday.

- Dress down day on Friday of this week. Please send in $1.00.

- NO SCHOOL next Monday or Tuesday (12/7 & 12/8)

- Grades close this Friday, 12/4. Report cards will be given out the week of 12/14.

- If you signed up for Mystery Reader on a day that we had off please feel free to sign up for another date!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 5 and take the test together in class. No studyguide needed! We will also start talking about the season of Advent.

Reading
Story: "At Home in the Ocean"
Target Skill: Fact and Opinion
Phonics Skill: Long A, (a_e and ay, introduce -ai) digraph th
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where
Spelling Words: that, then, with, cape, name, make, say, pray

Math

We will begin our unit of Place Value. We will focus on learning tens and ones and where they go in the place value "house". We will also practice making tens, teen numbers and numbers up to 40.

Week of 11/23

Our friends in 5th grade wrote us some awesome saint books!

Dear Parents,

There are only 14 school days until Christmas break! I cannot believe how fast this year is flying by. This week we will start our new story and start learning the long a sound and do Thanksgiving themed activities. We will also have our class party on Tuesday! Thanks to everyone who donated! I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving! Please know that the entire SKS faculty and staff are so grateful and thankful for your support this year. We could not do this without your help and support! 

Below you will find everything you need to know regarding Virtual School on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Virtual School Information for Monday 11/30 & 12/1

- Next Monday and Tuesday we will be fully virtual. The kids will be coming home with all of their workbooks and copybooks on Tuesday. There will not be any worksheets to print for Monday or Tuesday. The kids will have their Monthly Folder home with things to do if they finish early or have extra time.  I will review these tips and rules with the kids in school this week, but it is a great idea for you to review them at home as well. 

A few helpful tips and suggestions are:

        - Please be sure to have your child logged into google and ready to go by Sunday night. 

        - Post the Meeting code somewhere visible: ktosti19

        - Look at the Virtual Schedule a couple days ahead of time.

        - Follow a Virtual Learning Schedule: HERE (students will stay logged on for morning break but will have to resign on after lunch at 12:10).

       - Have materials ready for the week: pencils, workbooks, copybooks, reader, crayons, colored pencils, headphones, etc.

       - Have a quiet distraction free place to work. Students should not be laying on beds, away from your pets, TV, toys, and other family members.  

       - Wear your required uniform daily (spring uniform is okay).

      - Make sure devices are fully charged and have the charger available if needed.

      - Check your child’s computer volume and practice muting and unmuting.

     - Remind your child that virtual school is like being at school, but from home. The same behavior is expected. They should be respectful of the teacher and classmates.  

      - If they have question or need help with something, they should ask ME,  just like if we were in school! You should be nearby in case your child needs help finding a page or logging on, but you should not have to sit with your child during each lesson.

    - The kids should stay on mute at all times unless they are called on or have a question. If they have a question, they can raise their hand. Please do not use the raise hand button or thumbs up button as it becomes a distraction. Also, they are not allowed to change their backgrounds.

I know this is a lot of information, but it will help everything transition smoothly if you are prepared and ready to go! Remember, this is a trial run and we can tweak things if we need to!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Miss Tosti

They even gave us special cross pins! 

Week of 11/16

Congrats to Madison, our first Peacemaker this year!

Dear Parents,

We had another great week last week and will keep going strong into the holiday season. Please be sure to have all of the upcoming days off marked on your calendar. Thank you so much for being so flexible and giving us some days to meet with each other and plan. We truly, truly appreciate your support! Here are your reminders for this week:

- Thank you so much for purchasing my Scholastic Book Wish List! It was the best surprise to get the box last week and we have been having so much fun reading our new books! You guys are the best!

- The work for today can be found below and in the email I sent out. Please have your child complete the activities today. 

- Dress Down Day on Tuesday for Jenna's Blessings Bags. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please sign and return on Thursday.

- There will be a math test on fact families and mixed addition and subtraction on Thursday. We will be reviewing all week.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday this week.

That is all for now! 

Miss Tosti

Work for Monday, 11/16

Reading
1. Log on to Kids A-Z and click on "Assignment". Your child should do the following for both books:
- listen to the story
- record themselves reading the story
- take the quiz

2. Optional practice: StarFall - go to the mouse and review all short vowels or play other games!

Math
1. Log on to Seesaw and complete: Fact Family Practice

2. Log on to IXL. Go to "From Your Teacher" and complete activity J.4 "Addition and Subtraction Facts- up to 10" under Math.

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will begin Chapter 5 "Jesus Teaches Us About Love".

Reading

Story: "A Cupcake Party"

Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)

Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nt, -nd, -st, -sk

Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms

Sight Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take,

Spelling Words: sun, bus, but, run, fun, us

Math
This week we have a test on fact families and mixed addition and subtraction on Thursday.

Week of 11/9

 Dear Parents,

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to meet with me for conferences. Communication between the teacher and parents is crucial to the success of your child and I appreciate you giving up your time.
The kids have already grown so much since September and it is exciting to see their reading skills develop and grow. We will start learning long vowel patterns after we finish this story and start our second reading unit! Here are your reminders for the week:

- Our Virtual Monthly Mass for November will be on Tuesday at 9:00 am. All are welcome! (Virtual students may sign on at 10:35.)

- Chapter 4 Religion test will be on Wednesday. A study guide was sent home today.

- On Friday, the kids will record their Christmas Concert song! Please send them to school dressed in their Christmas/Sunday best! You do not have to send in a change of clothes. 

- Reminder there is no school on Monday, November 16th!

- Please make sure you have the apps Seesaw, IXL and Kids A-Z downloaded for your child at home! It is a good idea to start checking their Seesaw 1-2 nights a week to see what we are doing in school and to fix some mistakes on assignments that I will be sending back to them. Kids A-Z is also great for practicing reading at home! The kids know how to use both of these! This will be good practice for the two virtual days after Thanksgiving. 

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

We practiced subtraction a lot of the last two weeks!

We loved using our dice to roll and subtract!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 4 and have a test on Wednesday.

Reading

Story: "A Cupcake Party"

Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)

Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nt, -nd, -st, -sk

Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms

Sight Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take,

Spelling Words: sun, bus, but, run, fun, us

Math
This week we will learn about Fact Families and practice relating addition to subtraction! 

Week of 11/2

Dear Parents,

Even though Halloween this year was a little different, we still had an AWESOME day! The costumes were great and we loved watching the video and seeing all the costumes! Here are your reminders for the week:

- As the weather gets chillier please remember to send your child in with a coat, hat, gloves etc. We will still be trying to get outside as much as we can. Don't forget to label everything too! Thanks for you help with this!

- We will finish up the story "Dr. Seuss" but there will be no reading or spelling test this week.

- There will be a math test on subtraction on Thursday. We will do a review in school on Wednesday. The kids have been doing really well with it!

- No school on Friday due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. I look forward to meeting with you all! I will send home a conference sheet with your child tomorrow or Wednesday. Please have it with you during the conference. Again, I am happy to meet with anyone any night this week too if your scheduled changed! 

- Just a reminder that there will be no school on Monday, November 16th for a teacher in-service day. Thanks!

Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 4 "Jesus Works Among the People"

Reading

Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Antonyms
Sight Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, 
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get

Math

We will have a test on subtraction this week on using a number line, word problems, and finding the missing part. We will do a review on Wednesday.

Week of 10/26

Dear Parents,

It was great to see you in person at the Saints Presentation on Friday! The kids did such a great job and I am so proud of them. We hope you enjoyed it! Check out the pictures of their fabulous costumes below! We will close out October this week with some Halloween fun on Friday!  Here are your reminders for the week:

- Thank you so much for the helping your kids make the sweet birthday cards and for the flowers and gift! It was so sweet and thoughtful and a great way to start off my birthday weekend!

- If your child has to be virtual, please use the "Virtual Information" tab to help them log them on! 8:40am is the start time each day! Please note you will not be able to get on the meeting until I start it!  The PDF of worksheets for the week will be posted under the virtual tab each week. The pages are marked by day so you know what to print for each day! If you would like to pick up their books please just let me know. I can also print out the PDF for you if you'd like to pick it up! I know it is a lot of ink!

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please return them on Thursday!

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 3 on Thursday. A study guide was sent home today.

- On Friday, we will celebrate Halloween! The kids can come dressed in their costumes. We will do a small craft and watch the Halloween Parade at the end of the day. You can watch the parade on the SKS School YouTube channel!

- Just a reminder to mark your calendar for Virtual Conferences next Thursday night (11/5) and Friday (11/6). A sign up on Option C in now available. Please note that conferences are not mandatory this year. If next Thursday or Friday do not work for you, I am happy to schedule a conference with you any night this week or next, please email me and let me know!

That is all for now!

Miss Tosti

Saint Mary

Saint Nicholas

Saint Francis

Saint Margaret

Saint Francis

Saint Clare

Saint Francis

Saint Francis

Saint Theresa

Saint Olivia

Saint Michael the Archangel

Saint Nicholas

Saint Bede

Saint Rose

Saint Cecilia

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will finish Chapter 3 and have a test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "Dr. Seuss"
Target Skill: Graphic Features and Biographies
Phonics Skill: Short e sound and -s blends
Grammar: Antonyms
Sight Words: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write, 
Spelling Words: yes, let, red, ten, bed, get

Math

We will continue our unit on subtraction! This week we will focus on using a number line to count or hop back.

Week of 10/19

We learned some yoga this week!

This is our Warrior 3!

Dear Parents,

I hope you had a great weekend! We had some great practices last week for our Saints Presentation. We will have 2 more this week before our big event on Friday! Please continue to practice at home too! Some more information regarding Friday can be found below with your other reminders!

- The Virtual Scholastic Book Fair is this Week. You can shop for books from October 19 - November 2. You can shop HERE.

- Math test on Tuesday on addition on a number line, sums of 10 and adding 3 addends.

- Thursday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 to dress down.

- Reading and Spelling test on Friday on a Musical Day.

- Reminder there will be no school on Monday, October 26th!

- Saint Presentation reminders:

          - Our class' presentation will be at 10:20am on Friday! Mrs. Thornton's class is before us. Please allow them to clear out before you enter the church. Please make sure you are wearing your mask and socially distanced in the pews.  

          - The kids are to come to school dressed in their costumes over their gym uniforms (sneakers are fine).

          - Please make sure robes are not too long as we will be walking to and from the church. Also, bobby pins tend to not keep veils on so if you can attach them to a headband that would be great. 

          - All 3 presentations will be live streamed on the Parish Youtube page.

- If you could do a supply check in with your child this week that would be great! Lots of them are running low on pencils with erasers, glue sticks etc. Thank you so much!

That's all for now! Hope to see you Friday!

Miss Tosti

Our "reading fingers" turned into witches fingers last week!

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will continue Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will have our Saint Presentation on Friday!

Reading
Story: "A Musical Day"
Target Skill: Sequence of events
Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends 
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Sight Words: her, now, our, she, today, would
Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop

Math

We will finish up our addition unit this week and have our test on Tuesday! Then we will begin our unit on subtraction. We will learn about the minus sign, counting backwards and most importantly, that the bigger number always goes first in subtraction!

We had so much fun doing science with our pumpkins!

They did a great job!

Week of 10/12

Dear Parents,

Hope you had a great weekend. We have a busy week this week and are cruising along through October. Please continue to review sight words, math facts and read at home! There are a lot of reminders this week, so please be sure to read them all!

- Winter uniforms start today!

- Test folders will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign and return them with the tests in the folder on Wednesday.

- On Wednesday, we will be "picking" pumpkins from the convent lawn! On Thursday, we will use our pumpkins for science class! Pumpkins will be sent home Thursday or Friday!

- School pictures will be on Thursday. Please send in your forms by then. There will be no class picture this year.

- To accommodate all families the Saint Presentation will be done by each class on Friday, October 23rd. Each student will get to read a short sentence or two about their saint from their report. I will send it home this week so they can practice at home! Information regarding timing will be sent out as soon as Mrs. Thornton, Miss Rooney and I figure out the logistics with this new format. Look for an email tomorrow or Wednesday. 

- Our monthly virtual Mass will be on Friday at 9:00am. Please join us on the SKS Parish Youtube page!

A Peek at Our Week:

Religion

We will begin Chapter 3 "Jesus Grew Up in a Family". We will learn about the birth of Jesus and the Holy Family. We will start practicing for our Saint Presentation!

Reading
Story: "A Musical Day"
Target Skill: Sequence of events
Phonics Skill: Short o sound and -l blends
Grammar: Complete sentences and nouns
Sight Words: her, now, our, she, today, would
Spelling Words: on, pop, got, not, fox, hop

Math

We will finish up our addition unit this week. We will focus on adding 3 addends and finding doubles and sums of ten to help up. We will also work with simple word problems. There will be a test on Friday on adding on a number line, adding 3 addends and word problems. We will do our Test Review in school on Thursday. You can use this to study at home that night.

Week of 10/5

 Dear Parents,

Happy October! The kids are settling in and have been doing a great job. I cannot believe we are finished with September already. October will certainly fly by as well. Here are your reminders for this week:

- Information about the first grade Saints Celebration was sent home last Friday. Each child may choose any saint they want! The report will be due this Friday, so please work on it this week. Please make sure the report and the picture are done neatly. Don't forget to have your child practice reading their report because they will be sharing it with the class for a grade. The Saints Celebration will be on Friday, October 23rd at 9:00 am in the Church. Each child is allowed to bring 2 people to the Church that morning. The rest of the school will watch virtually.

-Kindergarten has invited us to their pumpkin patch!  Farmer Bob from Sugartown Strawberries will be delivering pumpkins and setting them up on the convent lawn.  Each child will get to pick a pumpkin to bring home, followed by a pumpkin craft in the classroom.  The cost will be $5.00 per child.  Please send $5.00, cash only, by Friday, October 9th.  Thank you!

- The schedule for Star Student will be sent home this today! A folder with directions will be sent home with your child the week prior with all the information you need!

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 2 on Thursday.  A study guide will be sent home today.

- There will be a Spelling and Reading test on Friday for our story "How Animals Communicate." 

I think that is all for this week! Please let me know if you have questions about anything!

Miss Tosti

We practiced reading our story with our reading phones last week!

The kids did a great job pointing to the words as they read!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

We will finish up Chapter 2 and have a test on Thursday.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns and commas in a series

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big

Math

This week we will continue with addition and learn how to use a number line to solve problems. If you practice at home, please have your child start at the larger number!

Week of 9/28

Mrs. Parella was our first Mystery Reader this year!

 

Dear Parents,

Can you believe this is our last week in September?! The kids did a great job taking their first tests last Friday. Before we took the tests I told them that the important thing is not that you get a 100 on every test. I explained to them that as along as they studied and tried their best that I will be proud of them no matter what they score!


Here are your reminders for the week:

- Please send in 3 leaves tomorrow for Art class with Mr. C

- Your child's login information for all of our apps was sent home today in their Home folder. Please keep this in a safe place! They may access the apps at home to practice reading and math! You can also check out everything we have been doing on Seesaw!

- If your child ever needs to be virtual, they will log on with their Google email and password. I will post directions under the Virtual Tab.

- Test folders will be sent home on Tuesday. Please sign each test and return on Wednesday.

- We started making our math flash cards last week. Please have your child review them along with their sight words and spelling words each night!

- We will have our first math test on Friday. We will be reviewing in school all week!


Have a great week!

Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 2 - "We Believe in the Blessed Trinity"

 In this chapter we will learn all about the three persons that make up the Blessed Trinity and we will also learn about what prayer is.

Reading

Story: "How Animals Communicate"

Target Skill: Main Idea and Details

Phonics Skill: Short I sound and R blends

Grammar: Nouns

Sight Words: animal, how, make, of, some, why

Spelling Words: in, will, did, sit, six, big

Math

This week we will continue with addition! We will review the parts of an addition sentence (addend + addend = sum) and work with memorizing the the math facts that equal 10! We will have a test on Friday.

Week of 9/21

Listening to Dion and Gobi!

Dear Parents,

We survived our first full week of first grade! I hope the kids enjoyed it and are settling into school and our routines. We are a work in progress but we had a great week! I hope that you are continuing to set routines at home and are giving your child more responsibility. The more we work on this the more independent they will become!


Here are your reminders for the week:

- Please have journals decorated and covered by this Friday.

- We will have our first virtual school Mass on Wednesday at 9:00am. A link will be sent out through Option C if you would like to join us!

- We will have our first Religion test on Wednesday. Normally a study guide will be sent home for your child to study, but this week we will take it together in school to get used to it! I did send one home today if you want to start practicing with your child!

- We will have our first reading test on the story "Jack and the Wolf" this Friday. I will read all of the questions and answers for the first few tests. The reader will be sent home this week so you can read and review the story at home.

- Our first Spelling test will also be on Friday. We have been practicing a lot with short A words in school. Please review the words at home each night as well.

- Sight Words will also be tested on Friday so please make sure you are reviewing them each night.

- Mystery Reader sign up dates can be found on the blog! There are enough dates for each family to sign up 2 times. Please do not sign up for more!

I think that is it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!

Miss Tosti

We loved drawing our wolves!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion: Chapter 1- "Jesus Teaches Us About God's Love"

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each of us different! We will talk about how we are called to know, love and serve God. We will take our first test together!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Magic Words: every, come, call, hear, said, away
SpellingWords: an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,

Math

This week we will start our unit on addition! We will learn the parts of an addition sentence (addends, plus sign, equal sign), start making our flashcards and learning how to add by counting on. Please start practicing flash cards at home!

Week of 9/14

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our Classroom Blog! We are so excited to start our first full week of first grade and I look forward to seeing you tonight at Back to School Night! We have a lot of fun things planned so keep checking our classroom blog for updates and pictures of what is going on in Room 19!

Here are a few reminders for this week:

- Back to School Night is tonight at 7:00pm. Please review the presentation and have your questions ready! Please use the Zoom link to access the meeting. A packet with some more info will be sent home today in your child's Home Folder.

- The first few weeks of school are very important for setting expectations and learning our classroom routines and procedures. Students thrive in environments where they feel comfortable and know what is expected of them. I urge you to also have expectations and routines at home as well. For example, each day after school your child can eat a snack, empty their home folder and practice their sight words and spelling words for the week. Simple chores like packing their school bags, helping pack lunches/snack and making their beds will help your child to become responsible, organized and independent!

- Please be sure to check your child's "Home Folder" with them every night. You can empty out any papers that were completed in school. These will be in the "Home" side of the folder. If anything needs to be signed or turned in, please place it in the "To School" side. I ask that your child's clip chart calendar be initialed each night. Please make sure that the calendar, homework (if a worksheet) and Sight Words envelope stay in the "To School" and be returned each day.

- Journals need to be decorated and covered by Friday, September 25th.

- On Friday, we will be having our One Book, One School Book Club. We will be talking about "Finding Gobi" and having a live meeting with Dion, the author!

- Friday will be a Dress Down Day. Please send in $1.00 with your child. Please also review the dress down day policy in the school handbook.

- Please email me with any questions or concerns :)
Thanks!
Miss Tosti

A Peek at Our Week

Religion: Chapter 1 - "God is Our Father

We will be learning about the story of creation and how we were all made in the image and likeness of God. We will also learn about how God made each ofus unique!

Reading

Story: "Jack and the Wolf"

Target Skill: Characters

Phonics Skill: Short A sound and -ck words

Grammar: Complete sentences

Magic Words: every, come, call, hear, said, away

SpellingWords:  an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,

Math

This week we will focus on writing numbers and number words. We will also work on putting numbers in order and filling in missing numbers and counting forwards and backwards.

Science

This week, we will begin a Science unit on Light and Sound. Our first few lessons will focus on making observations and learning how science experiments are done.


Social Studies
This week we will begin a Social Studies unit on Responsible Citizenship. This week we will learn about
rules and laws in our home, school, and community.

Week of 5/26

Week of 5/25

Post Flat Teacher FlipGrids HERE

Tuesday, 5/26
Whole Class Zoom - 10:30am to read our story together

Reading
1. Journal - Write a list of your 3 favorite memories from first grade this year! We will share this on Thursday at our last class zoom!
      1. Write the date at the top of the page: May 26, 2020
      2. Write your answer using neat handwriting, uppercase letters and punctuation marks.
      3. Read your entry to an adult or older sibling and fix any mistakes.
      4. Illustrate your entry with a colorful picture.

2. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn new Magic Words

      - copy them down on index cards or in your HW copybook
3. Complete reading workbook pages 109

4. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn about the "oo" sound

      - take your practice spelling test with "oo" words

5. Complete reading workbook pages 108 and 111
6. If you can't make the meeting watch this VIDEO to:
      - read our new story this for this week

    

Math
1. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - learn about one half (1/2) and equal parts
      - complete Big Book pages 553-554
2. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - learn about what symmetry is
      - complete Big Book pages 333-334

Religion
Chapter 23 - We Celebrate the Mass
1. Do Special Intentions
2. Read and discuss pages 259-263
      - Mass is the Church's greatest celebration.
      - We gather as a parish to remember all that God and Jesus did for us.
      - We always begin Mass when the priest says "May the Lord be with you.." We respond, "And with your Spirit!"
      - The first part of Mass is called the Liturgy of the Word where we listen to God's word from the Bible.
     - The first reading is always a story about before Jesus was born. The second reading is always a story about when Jesus was alive. The reader ends the readings by saying, "The Word of the Lord" and we respond, "Thanks be to God!"
      - The priest reads the Gospel. This is a story about when Jesus was alive. The priest ends the Gospel by saying, "The Gospel of the Lord" and we respond, "Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ!"
      - These reading are meant to teach us how God wants us to live our lives!

Wednesday, 5/27 - 
Move Up Day 9:30-9:50: Meet the Mrs. DePetris and Miss Fitzpatrick to learn about how fun 2nd grade will be! (Link as posted in weekly email)

Reading
1. Review Magic Words and Spelling words
2. Complete "Write 3 Ways"
3. Complete Reading workbook pages 110 and 117
4. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - learn about possessive pronouns
      - complete reading workbook page 112
5. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - read the story and complete reading workbook pages 115-116

Math
1. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - complete the test review pages for your test tomorrow
      - use THIS slide show to review 2D shapes if you need extra practice

Religion
1. Do Special Intentions
2. Read and discuss pages 264-267
      - The second part of the Mass is called the Liturgy of the Eucharist. It is when we remember the Last Supper that Jesus had with his Apostles.
      - Parishioners bring up the gifts of bread and wine to the priest.
      - The priest then does what Jesus did at the Last Supper and turns the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. This is called the consecration.
      - After the consecration, we say the Our Father and give the Sign of Peace with one another.
      - Then we receive Holy Communion (if you have received the sacrament).
3. Complete "Parts of the Mass" worksheet

Thursday, 5/28
Whole Class Zoom at 10:30am - End of the year Beach Bash! Wear your favorites sunglasses, beach hat or bring some beach props! Be ready to share your journal from Tuesday.

Reading
1. Review Magic Words and Spelling words
2. Complete "Pyramid Writing"
3. Complete reading workbook pages 117, 120
4. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - complete reading workbook page 118
5. Watch this VIDEO  to:
      - read the story and complete "Cause and Effect" worksheet

Math
1. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - take the math test

Religion
1. Do Special Intentions
2. Complete pages 268-269
3. Take test on page 270

Friday, 5/15

Catch up/Specials/Enrichment Day

Week of 5/18

Week of 5/18

**If you want to participate in Flat Teacher click here to print Miss Tosti out and and click here to post on FlipGrid.

Monday, 5/18

Reading

1. Journal - Click HERE and pick a story starter like we have done in class!
      1. Write the date at the top of the page: May 18, 2020
      2. Write your answer using neat handwriting, uppercase letters and punctuation marks.
      3. Read your entry to an adult or older sibling and fix any mistakes.
      4. Illustrate your entry with a colorful picture.

2. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn new Magic Words

      - copy them down on index cards or in your HW copybook
3. Complete reading workbook pages 94

4. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn about the -ir, -er, -ur sounds

      - take your practice spelling test with -ir, -er, -ur words

5. Complete reading workbook pages 96 and 99
6. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - read our new story, "Amazing Animals" with Miss Tosti and talk about the author, illustrator and genre

** Click HERE to practice more with Bossy R all week **
      - scroll down and play 12-14
      - play the game AND listen to the stories (Car Race, My Horse Glory and Surfer Girl)

Math

1. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - review 2D shapes and learn about 3D shapes and their names 

      - complete Big Book pages 307-308

   

Religion

Chapter 25: We Honor Mary and the Saints
Mary is the mother of Jesus. The Church honors Mary.

1. Do Special Intentions
2. Read and discuss pages 283-287. Complete activity on 286.
      - Mary is our Blessed Mother.
      - We honor Mary on special days throughout the year.
      - We pray the Rosary to Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary.
      - In May we gather for a special procession to honor Mary and crown her with a garland or chain of flowers as Our Queen of Peace.
      - A procession is a prayer walk. We sing songs, pray special prayers, and put flowers in front of the Mary statue in the grotto.
      - What is the name of the special prayer we pray to honor Mary?
2. Complete the cut and paste Hail Mary worksheet. Decorate around the prayer with a garland or chain of flowers. Hang your prayer somewhere special.
3. Watch the story of Our Lady of Fatima here.

Tuesday, 5/19

Reading

1. Review Magic Words and spelling words

2. Complete Write 3 Ways
3. Complete reading workbook pages 93 & 95

4. Reading Zoom - read story and complete pages 100-101. Make an animal mask, paint your face, wear animal print, bring a stuffed animal or a picture of an animal that is not in our story. Write down how one of the animal's body parts helps it! Be ready to tell the class!

Boys - 10:30

Girls - 11:10

** if you can't make the meeting you can complete the lesson VIDEO

5. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn about the pronouns I and me

      - complete reading workbook page 97
6. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - complete Bossy R worksheets "ar & ur" and "or & ir"

Math

1. Complete 2D and 3D Shape Sort
2. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - learn about faces, flat surfaces, edges and vertices

      - complete Big Book pages 309-310

Religion

1. Do Special Intentions
2. Read and discuss pages 288-291.
      - The saints are followers of Jesus who have died and now live forever with God.
      - The saints loved God very much and put Him first in their lives.
      - They shared God’s peace with others and fought to spread the love and word of God.
      - Do you know anyone who acts like the saints did?
      - What can you do to be like a saint?

3. Listen to this book about Mary.

4. Watch the May Procession with your family

Wednesday, 5/20

Reading

1. Journal - Write a letter to the Mary. What would ask her? What would you thank her for?
      1. Write the date at the top of the page: May 20, 2020
      2. Write your answer using neat handwriting, uppercase letters and punctuation marks.
      3. Read your entry to an adult or older sibling and fix any mistakes.
      4. Illustrate your entry with a colorful picture.
** Read your letter on FlipGrid HERE
2. Review Magic Words and spelling words

2. Complete Roll, Read, Write

3. Reading workbook pages 102 & 105

4. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - read story and complete "Animal Body Parts Graphic Organizer"

5. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - complete reading workbook page 103 on pronouns
6. Watch this VIDEO to:
      - complete Bossy R worksheets "or & er" and "or & ar"

Math
1. Complete "Color By 3D Shape" worksheet

2. Watch this VIDEO to:

      - complete skinny workbook page 92

      - complete "Shape Attributes"
      - get directions for "3D Shape Hunt"

Religion

1. Do Special Intentions

2. Review Chapter 25.
3. Complete pages 292-294
      - How can we show our love for Mary?
      - What are some things we do as a Church or school to honor Mary?
4. Color ‘The Holy Rosary’ page and read about each special prayer we pray as part of the Rosary.
      - Rosaries are called sacramentals - holy objects or symbols that are used for prayer.
5. Optional video about the joyful and sorrowful mysteries of the rosary